|
|
Maven Project Option:
|
MyEclipse now allows you to create Web, WebService, and EJB
projects with Maven cabilities, in addition to all the normal
tooling you expect from these MyEclipse projects
|
Execute Maven Goals From Within MyEclipse
|
Run default goals from the "Run As" menu
You may also add any custom goal, including even your own Maven
plugins, from within MyEclipse
|
"Add Dependency"
|
JARs can be pulled in from central public repository or private
repositories by selecting the index from inside Maven4MyEclipse
|
"Import Legacy Jars Into Maven Repositories
Easily"
|
Only in Maven4MyEclipse can you easily import local JARs directly
into your Maven Repository using an easy wizard
|
Maven4MyEclipse & configuration improvements
|
Maven4MyEclipse now offers full compatibility with m2eclipse Maven projects, and will optionally work as an m2eclipse plugin, by enabling this option within the preference page. It conveniently defaults to disabled, to prevent MyEclipse users from un-wittingly creating projects which do not conform to MyEclipse project configurations.
MyEclipse Standard Edition users cannot utilize Professional Edition Maven features such as Maven4MyEclipse project creation, but are now allowed full access to the m2eclipse plugin.
|
|
|
OpenJPA Support:
|
MyEclipse 6.6 includes OpenJPA as a persistence
provider. You can now select OpenJPA when you add JPA
capabilities to your project.
Create a persistence unit easily using existing connection
details.
Here is an example of a generated persistence.xml file.
|
|
|
JSF Designer: Enhanced Preview
|
MyEclipse Page Designer preview shows Facelet pages as they will be shown to users, including localization and composition.
|
|
|
Preview now renders extended set of JSF tags, including MyFaces Tomahawk library.
|
|
|
Custom Facelet Libraries
|
The page editor now uses TLDs for custom Facelet libraries content assist and validation.
|
|
|
Enhanced JSF Config Editor
|
Updated JSF config file editor provides new editing and navigation capabilities.
|
|
|
web.xml Editor
|
The new web.xml editor makes editing and navigating web.xml files easy. Web application configuration may be viewed and edited using
form-based editor and accompanying wizards.
|
|
|
Portlet Support:
|
In MyEclipse 6.5 you can add Portlet support to any MyEclipse Web
project.
Select your Portal Engine.
JSR-168 libraries and a new portlet.xml file will be added to
your Web project. web.xml will also be suitably modified.
|
New Portlet Wizard:
|
Use the new Portlet wizard
(File > New > Other... > MyEclipse > Web
> Portlet) wizard to create a JSR-168 compliant Portlet.
This two page wizard will create the Portlet class, required
resources and register your new portlet in the portlet descriptor
(portlet.xml). Two predefined templates ease the portlet creation
process.
|
|
Portlet Deployment:
|
To deploy your portal application to a JSR 168-compatible portal
server, the project should be exported as deployable WAR file.
NOTE:
Each portal server has it's own proprietary deployment
requirements, MyEclipse does not support these at this time but
they will be improved in a future release.
|
|
|
JAX-WS 2.0 Framework Support:
|
MyEclipse 6.5 introduces support for the JAX-WS framework based
on version 1.1 of the
Metro stack. Metro is the JAX-WS reference
implementation for Java EE 5.
Support includes the ability to generate contract first (top
down) or code first (bottom up) web services as well as web
service clients.
|
New Web Service Project Wizard:
|
You can create a new Web Services project or generate web
services into an existing MyEclipse Web project.
|
Top Down & Bottom Up Service Generation:
|
Web services can be generated from WSDL files or from existing
Java beans.
|
Top Down Generation:
|
Specify a WSDL file to have a web service generated from it.
The web service generation process will update web.xml and
sun-jaxws.xml according to the service generated.
Note: If you are deploying your service to a server which does
not include the JAX-WS stack, you must add the JAX-WS API and
Runtime libraries to your project; your web service will not work otherwise.
|
Bottom Up Generation:
|
Generate a web service from a Java bean.
|
Client Generation:
|
Web service clients can be generated directly from WSDL files.
JAX-WS 2.1 API and Runtime containers are added to client
projects to fulfill runtime library requirements.
|
|
|
Spring:
|
MyEclipse 6.5 Spring Tools are based on Spring IDE 2.0.4 and
include enhancements and optimizations specifically tailored for
seamless operation with the MyEclipse application development
technology stack.
|
|
Spring 2.5:
|
MyEclipse 6.5 adds support for Spring 2.5. MyEclipse 6.5 bundles
Spring 2.5.4.
Spring 2 libraries have also been upgraded to version
2.0.8.
|
|
Spring Explorer:
|
The Spring Beans view has been superseded by the Spring Explorer
view. The Spring Explorer is a filtered tree view which displays
all Spring projects in your workspace along with any beans,
config sets and Spring Web Flow elements it may contain. This
view is namespace aware and can be highly filtered and
customized.
The Spring Explorer view will also specially annotate any beans
defined via Spring Java Configuration.
|
|
Project Explorer:
|
All Spring projects will contain a "Spring Elements"
child when seen in the Project Explorer view. This item can be
expanded to show beans, config sets and web flow definitions just
like the Spring Explorer view described above. The ability to see list of all beans which
reference a particular Java class is a key feature.
LIke the Spring Explorer, the Spring elements shown in this view
can be filtered and customized. You can also use a special Spring
working set to cut down the clutter in the Project Explorer.
|
|
AOP Support:
|
The Beans Cross References view will show you all beans being
advised as well as those which advise other beans.
The Spring Configuration editor as well as the Java editor will display special markers for methods and classes affected by your
project's AOP configuration.
The Spring AOP Event Trace view will give you an idea of what is
going on under the covers as Spring IDE's internal AOP model is
being built.
AOP support requires the AOP Reference Model Builder which can be
enabled / disabled at both the project and global level. If you
do not use AOP in your projects, you can turn it off globally.
|
|
Pointcut Matches:
|
In addition to the Bean search, you can now search for Pointcut
Matches in your workspace from the Search menu.
|
|
Namespace Support:
|
The new Spring Bean Definition wizard allows you to easily create
configuration files with required namespaces.
The Spring Configuration editor is also namespace aware and will
provide intelligent content assist and validation for defined
elements.
Autocompletion in the popular 'p' namespace:
|
|
Refactoring:
|
Renaming a Java class will now automatically make changes in bean
definitions referencing that class. Java classes may also be
renamed directly from the bean configuration file.
Bean Ids may also be renamed.
Renaming a bean property will make changes in corresponding Java
class.
|
|
Validation Control:
|
Validation settings can be controlled at a project (Project
Properties > MyEclipse > Spring) or a global level (Window
> Preferences > MyEclipse > Spring).
|
|
Mylyn Integration:
|
If you have Mylyn integrated, the Spring Explorer, Beans Cross
References and Project Explorer view will allow you to filter the
displayed content based on "level of interest". This
includes bean definitions and referenced Java classes.
Content assist proposals will also be sorted based on their
"level of interest".
|
|
Spring Web Flow:
|
MyEclipse 6.5 also adds Spring Web Flow support. 6.5
includes Spring Web Flow 1.0.5 libraries.
|
|
Web Flow Editor:
|
Use the graphical editor to easily create states, actions and
transitions.
Web flow definition files may also be edited in the XML editor
with web flow specific content assist support.
Validation for web flow definition files is customizable.
|
|
|
Hibernate 3.2 & Hibernate
Annotations Support:
|
MyEclipse 6.5 includes Hibernate 3.2 and Hibernate Annotations
support.
The reverse engineering wizard can generate annotated POJOs
instead of simple POJOs and mapping files (hbm.xml).
Annotation support is also available for Spring - Hibernate
projects.
HQL and Criteria editors continue to work when Hibernate
annotations are used, even in Spring - Hibernate projects.
|
New Hibernate Mapping Editor:
|
With the new Design page and accompanying wizards, editing
mapping files is a cinch.
|
Query Improvements:
|
The HQL and Criteria editors now include a
Max Results combo with which you can restrict the number
of results returned by a query.
Content assist is provided for HQL queries in @NamedQuery
annotations, these queries will also be validated.
Note:
The HQL / Criteria editor for the project must be opened
at least once per session for the above features to activate.
This process will be improved in future releases.
While editing a NamedQuery annotation, you can invoke quick fix
(usually Ctrl + 1) inside the query attribute to get a Copy to
HQL Editor action.
Selecting this action will open the HQL editor, initialized with
the query string. You can test and edit your query in the HQL
editor, when done, closing the editor will allow you to copy the
modified query back into the query attribute in the Java editor.
Similarly, when typing out a Criteria in the Java editor,
selecting it and invoking quick fix will show you a
Copy to Criteria Edior action.
Selecting this action will open the Criteria editor, initialized
with the selected text. You can test and edit the criteria in the
Criteria editor, when done, closing the editor will allow you
replace the originally selected text with the modified criteria
query.
|
|
